United Campground Durango
1322 Animas View Dr Durango, Colorado, United States
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Durango
Saturday 19th May. Durango, Colorado. Woke to a lovely still morning. Seemed like a different planet! I would say those afternoon winds and dust storms are pretty normal out here. Drove through the Valley of the Gods,similar to Monument Valley, and all part of the greater system, even if it is 30 miles away. So a bit of a placebo for the previous …
Set for the 4th!
We pulled out of our campground in Bayfield at 9:45 this morning. We made a late start because John talked to the owner of the campground we are in tonight yesterday evening and was told to not arrive before noon since it was such a busy weekend and he would know by then if he were going to have a space for us.
As we drove toward Durango …
4th of July Durango style!
Once again we took our time getting going this morning because we knew that we wouldn't be going into Durango until mid afternoon. Our excitement this morning was the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge RR came through camp with four different trains this morning. Since we could hear the train approaching we were able to get out of Mufasa and walk …
Stress in Durango
Cortez was quite a big place. We bught lunch food and breakfast cereal. We found a grassy verge in the supermarket car park. Somewhat unusual, but we don't care.
Some guys approached us and asked us about our route. He said "Wolf Creek Pass will kick your asses". It does go up to 3200m but we've done that before. It's also pretty windy, but we' …
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Million Dollar Road
... the broad boulevard.
We didn't linger in Ouray, since it was getting late ... I realized I remembered it because of the hot springs. Water and me -- it never fails.
Driving back across the road, we encountered the work of two avalanches, neither of which was there on our way out.
Arrived Durango just as it was getting dark. Dinner, then work, then bed.
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